Thursday, January 22, 2015

United Kingdom vs. Arizona | Just the Stats

At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, the United States is an extraordinarily large place. It is so large, in fact, that 11 of its states separately possess a total area larger than that of the entire United Kingdom. This is truly mind-boggling, especially given that the UK is itself comprised of four nations.That is precisely why I have undertaken this weekly project: tabulating the statistical differences (and sometimes similarities) between each of the fifty states and the United Kingdom. This week, we're going to assess how the state of Arizona—itself approximately 1.2 times the total area of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland combined—shapes up against the UK in each of the data areas listed below.Please keep in mind that the contents of the following table do not serve any social or political agenda. Moreover, this table—as well as those of the other 49 states—is subject to revision, correction, and/or updates as and when such alterations are needed.

ARIZONA

UK

POPULATION

6,731,484

64,100,000

POPULATION DENSITY

57

people per sq. mile

662 people per sq. mile

TOTAL AREA (SQ. MILES)

113,990

94,060

YEAR OF FORMATION

1912

1707

TIME ZONE(S)

Mountain Time

GMT and BST

LARGEST CITY

Phoenix

London

HIGHEST POINT

12,637 ft (Humphreys Peak)

4,406 ft (Ben Nevis)

HIGHEST REC. TEMP

128 °F

(53 °C)

101.3°F

(38.5°C)

LOWEST REC. TEMP

−40 °F

(−40 °C)

-17°F

(-27.2°C)

MALE LIFE EXPECTANCY

77.37

79.5

FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY

82.56

82.5

MURDER RATE (PER 100,000 PEOPLE)

5.5

(Statistics recorded in 2012)

1

(Statistics recorded in 2012)

TALLEST BUILDING

483ft

(Chase Tower in Phoenix)

1004ft

(The Shard in London)

INCARCERATION RATE (PER 100,000 PEOPLE)

572

147

MINIMUM WAGE

$8.05

$9.96 (for workers over 21)

VEHICLES PER 1,000 PEOPLE

660

519

ADULT OBESITY RATE

23.3%

23.1%

AGE OF CONSENT

18

16

MINIMUM AGE FOR FULL, UNRESTRICTED DRIVING LICENSES

16.5

17

(or 16 for some people claiming mobility benefit).

This article was written by Laurence Brown. Laurence is a British expat living in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a contributor for BBC America and has written for Anglotopia. He is Editor-in-chief of Lost in the Pond and loves nothing more than to share these articles with anglophiles, expats, and other interested parties on social media. Follow Lost in the Pond on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.